Cloud Backup backup actions

This article describes the actions you can perform during a single back up.

You can access the Backup Actions menu in the following ways:

Click on the gear icon next to the backup name on the Configured
Backups page.

Click on the Actions menu at the top of the details page for a
configured backup.

From the Backup Actions menu, you can perform the following actions:

Perform a backup

Restore a backup

Configure a backup

Configure files

Disable a backup

Delete a backup

Perform a backup

When you select Perform Backup from the Backup Actions menu, you trigger a manual backup on your
system, based on the configurations that are currently set for that configured backup.
If you are looking at the Configuration Details page, the backup
progress bar is displayed until the backup is completed.

Restore a backup

From the Backup Actions menu, select Restore Backup.

On the first page of the Restore a Backup wizard, select the
backup date to restore from, and then click Next Step.

On the next page, select the destination system, and then click
Next Step.

You can limit the list of systems by using the search box.

You can restore your backup to the system that was backed up, or to
another system.

On the next page, select the folders and files to restore.

On the Browse Files & Folders tab, select the check boxes of the
files and folders that you want to restore. You can move through your folders by clicking Up or an individual folder name at top of the file or folder list.

After you have selected your files, you can confirm your selection
by clicking the Selected & Excluded Items tab. The files included in the restore and specifically excluded are listed.

When you are done, click Next Step.

On the next page, select the destination folder.

You can choose to restore the files to their original folder or to restore to a selected restore destination. You can also select whether to overwrite files with the same name. Then, click Next Step.

Confirm your restore settings and then click Start Restore.

The Activity page is displayed when the restore is complete.

Configure a backup

You can change the name, recurrence, and notifications for your backup job.

From the Backup Actions menu, select Configure Backup.

Enter a new name for your backup job, and under Schedule, select
how often you want to run the backup. All times are Central Time.

You can schedule your backups for as often as you expect your files to change. Cloud Backup uses block-level de-duplication, which means only those parts of a file that have changed are saved. In this way, a unique piece of data is saved only once, which maximizes the effectiveness of the backup, while minimizing your storage overhead. Another benefit is that by using this method, you can retrieve previous versions of files, up to the limits specified by the customer-defined retention settings.

To save additional overhead, Cloud Backup might compress the files if it reduces the size of the block. You can expect compression rates equivalent to those of gzip. You should not try to manually compress or encrypt your data before running backups; if you do, deduplication will not work, and you will create larger backups than you need. If you want to encrypt your backups, see the section on Encrypting your System in this article.

For advanced Linux users, if you create tarballs with gzip that will get backed up, be sure to use the ` –rsyncable` option, which enables Cloud Backup to deduplication those files as well.

Select how long you want to keep your backups: 30 days, 60 days, or
indefinitely.

Under Notifications, enter the email address where you want to
receive notifications of failed backups. You can also elect to have
emails sent for successful backups.

When you are satisfied with your settings, click Next Step.

On the next page, select the folders and files for the backup, along
with any files you want to exclude. Then click Next Step.

On the next page, review your backup configuration settings. If the
settings are correct, click Save. Otherwise, click Back to
make changes.

Configure files

You can change the files and folders that are saved in your backup.

From the Backup Actions menu, select Configure Files.

On the Browse Files & Folders tab, select the the folders and
files by clicking the folder name to view which files are inside.
Select the check boxes of the files and folders that you want to
back up.

Confirm your selection by clicking the Selected & Excluded
Items tab. The files included, as well as those specifically
excluded, are listed.

Click Next Step.

Confirm the settings on the next page and click Save to save
your file configuration.

Disable a backup

You can prevent a backup from running by selecting Disable Backup
from the Backup Actions menu.

When you disable a backup, the following actions occur:

The backup status changes to Disabled.

The Perform Backup button becomes unavailable.

To re-enable your backup, from the Backup Actions menu, select
Enable Backup. Your backup returns to Active status with all its
previous settings.

Delete a backup

You can delete your backup by selecting Delete Backup from the
Backup Actions menu.